Azerbaijan pardons Frenchman Ryan after EU lifts sanctions on Usmanov and Fridman
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned French national Martin Ryan, jailed on spying charges he denied, hours after the EU agreed to lift sanctions on Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, angering Ukraine. Ryan was one of 20 pardoned; Frenchman Anass Derraz remains jailed on bribery charges. Slovakia and France had pushed to remove Usmanov from the list.
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